Psychiatric News (2/13) reports, “Patients with mental illness who receive services delivered by individuals with lived experience of mental illness (peer support services) may experience greater personal recovery (for example, life satisfaction and hopefulness) than those patients who do not receive peer support services,” investigators concluded in the findings of a 49-trial systematic review and meta-analysis that “included 12,477 patients with a range of conditions including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.” The findings were published online Feb. 8 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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— “Life Outlook Improves When Patients Work With Peers, Meta-Analysis Suggests, Psychiatric News, February 13, 2023